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Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea

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Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea (13 June 1578 – 4 November 1639) was an English peer and Member of Parliament.

Finch was the son of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea. He married Cecille Wentworth in 1609.[1]

Finch represented the constituencies of Winchelsea and Kent as a Member of Parliament.[2]

Finch inherited the earldom of Winchilsea from Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea on her death in 1634 and was succeeded on his own death in 1639 by his son Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea.

References

  1. ^ History of Burley, Rutland - Pedigree of the Finch family
  2. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]

Parliament of England
Preceded by
 Member of Parliament for Winchelsea
1621–1622
With: Edward Nicholas 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kent
1628–1629 		Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Winchilsea
1634–1639 		Succeeded by
Viscount Maidstone
1634–1639
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Eastwell, Kent)
1619/20–1639 		Succeeded by


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